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Dr. Doctor - Flocabulary
SAT Words from the Song "Dr. Doctor" from Flocabulary's Hip-Hop Approach to SAT Vocabulary
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Language - English
11th Grade
09/26/2006

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salient
Definition
"(adj.) - significant, conspicuous"
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sybarite
Definition
"(n.) - someone devoted to pleasure and luxury, a voluptuary"
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voluptuary
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"(n.) - someone devoted to sensory pleasure and luxury, a sybarite"
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hedonist
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(n.) - one whose primary pursuit is pleasure
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immaculate
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"(adj.) - impeccably clean, spotless, pure"
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deluge
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(n.) - a great flood or something that overwhelms like a flood
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inclination
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"(n.) - a tendency, propensity"
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propensity
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"(n.) - an inclination, preference"
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tantamount
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(adj.) - equivalent in value or significance
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incredulous
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"(adj.) - skeptical, disbelieving"
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novel
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"(adj.) - strikingly new, unusual, or different"
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deleterious
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(adj.) - harmful
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frenetic
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"(adj.) - frenzied, hectic, frantic"
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grotto
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(n.) - a small cave or cavern
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irascible
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(adj.) - easily angered
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malaise
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(n.) - a vague feeling of discomfort
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modicum
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(n.) - a small amount of something
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neonate
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(n.) - a newborn infant
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olfactory
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(adj.) - relating to the sense of smell
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fortitude
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"(n.) - strength, bravery"
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ominous
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"(adj.) - foreboding or foreshadowing evil, portentous"
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portentous
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"(adj.) - foreboding or foreshadowing evil, ominous"
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presage
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(n.) - an omen
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premonition
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(n.) - a presentiment of the future
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volition
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(n.) - a conscious choice or decision
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predestination
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(n.) - the concept of destiny or fate
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prestidigitation
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(n.) - a sleight of hand
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tenuous
Definition
(adj.) - having little substance or strength
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obfuscate
Definition
(v.) - to render incomprehensible
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purport
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(v.) - to present an intention that is often false
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feign
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(v.) - to fake or pretend to
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vim
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"(n.) -vitality and energy, vigor "
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vigor
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"(n.) - vitality and energy, vim"
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veracious
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"(adj.) - honest, truthful"
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erroneous
Definition
"(adj.) - mistaken, incorrect"
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fallacious
Definition
"(adj.) - incorrect, misleading"
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histrionic
Definition
(adj.) - excessively dramatic or emotional
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melodramatic
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(adj.) - exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic
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fabulist
Definition
(n.) - a teller of fables; a liar
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convalescence
Definition
(n.) - the gradual return to health after illness
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dearth
Definition
"(n.) - a lack, scarcity"
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rife
Definition
(adj.) - abundant
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luminescence
Definition
(n.) - light from non-thermal sources
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lithe
Definition
"(adj.) - graceful, flexible, supple"
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limber
Definition
"(adj.) - bending or flexing readily, pliable"
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pique
Definition
(v.) - to provoke or to cause indignation
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peregrinate
Definition
(v.) - to travel from place to place on foot
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innate
Definition
"(adj.) - inborn, native, inherent"
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penchant
Definition
"(n.) - a tendency, partiality, preference"
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rustic
Definition
(adj.) - relating to country life
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morose
Definition
(adj.) - gloomy or sullen
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mollify
Definition
(v.) - to soften in temper
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